Buais-Les-Monts isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 15% of its housing. The median price paid is €867/m². People aged 65 and over make up 37% of residents.
What makes Buais-Les-Monts stand out
The 3 things Buais-Les-Monts does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buais-Les-Monts.
Who lives here
Children make up only 11% of Buais-Les-Monts, fewer than in both Manche’s towns and compared French towns
15% of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, higher than both Manche’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.7%.
57.4median age
Buais-Les-MontsManche medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
37%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma30%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education15%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Manche median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Buais-Les-Monts keeps more of its old housing than Manche’s towns or compared French towns: 35% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Buais-Les-Monts is Allée couverte. This Manche town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 1.8% of commuters in Buais-Les-Monts go to work without a car, fewer than in both Manche’s towns and compared French towns
Per resident in work, Buais-Les-Monts counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 250 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €23,320 a year per consumption unit, below Manche’s towns (€24,970) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. No commute at all: 14.5% of working residents here at the census.
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Buais-Les-Monts, 0.3 per working resident
9.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Buais-Les-Monts
Commune in Manche, Normandy
Buais-Les-Monts is a commune of 611 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
